Name game: Now it's 'UL Lafayette' and UL Monroe'

11:20 AM,
Jan. 15, 2014

Written by

Tim Buckley
Gannett Louisiana

LAFAYETTE - After objections voiced Monday by University of Louisiana at Lafayette officials, the Sun Belt Conference revised its new University Reference Guide regarding name references for Ragin' Cajun athletic teams.

The Sun Belt Conference changed the university's sports nickname from Ragin' Cajuns to the school's preferred Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, it announced Tuesday night.

It also changed the university's first reference for its sports teams from UL-Lafayette to UL Lafayette, eliminating a hyphen university administration officials say they did not request but that Sun ...